Tuesday, 19 February 2013

Day 33: Misery Loves Comedy by Ivan Brunetti


This case study of schizophrenia and psychosis collects Ivan Brunetti’s first three issues of the brilliant comic book series Schizo, as well as a agglomeration of miscellaneous musings and writings from over a decade. Brunetti’s self-caricature is intriguing realistic, in all its foibles and flaws: he is paranoid, deluded, graphically scatological, self-loathing, and violently depressed. But behind Brunetti’s fascinating nihilism, is a study of the darkest corners of human nature and an exploration of that selfish, brutish side of ourselves that we shudder to inspect closely.

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